Ubisoft abandons Linux players with For Honor Competitive Update

Ubisoft is abandoning For Honor’s Linux players as it fails to deliver strong anti-cheat

On September 10th, Ubisoft’s For Honor is getting its new Ranked Dominion mode as well as a reworked Ranked Dual mode. But that’s not all that’s changing in Ubisoft’s multiplayer melee game. Ubisoft is abandoning Linux OS support in For Honor, something that the company once opted into using the game’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) software.

Ubisoft claims that it “cannot meaningfully deploy protection” on Linux. This means Ubisoft’s decision to remove Linux support stemmed from ongoing cheating concerns. While Ubisoft claims that there is a “possibility of reopening the platform in the future”, there is no active roadmap for re-enabling this support.

To reinforce a fair competitive environment, the team is introducing additional player safety measures. We are removing For Honor from the Linux platform to ensure a safer environment for our players as we cannot meaningfully deploy protection on this platform. This means that For Honor will no longer be playable on Steam Deck starting September 10th. We will continue to investigate different ways to improve our anti-cheat with the possibility of reopening the platform in the future.

– Ubisoft

With the game’s new update, Ubisoft hopes that it can reduce the number of cheaters that are ruining For Honor for legitimate players. Ubisoft’s move is a huge blow to Linux gaming. It highlights security as a major concern that will stop many competitive games from supporting the platform, at least for now.

If you are a Linux user and enjoy playing For Honor, you’ll either need to find another game to play or move to Windows. For now, Ubisoft has no plans to continue supporting your chosen OS. Maybe it will return if Linux anti-cheat software improves.

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